58 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 



GENUS BON ASA STEPH. 



Ruffed Grouse, natural size. 



5). Bonasa iiinbflliis (Linn.). "RUFFED GROUSE; ' PARTRIDGE." in 

 Michigan; " PHEASANT," south. 



Very common, though decreasing in number; throughout the entire state; " still 

 abundant about Ann Arbor'' (Dr. J. B. Steere); "common at Au Sable' 5 (N. A. Eddy); 

 " common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster): "very common at Kevveenaw Point '* 

 (Kneeland): breeds; nests in June, on the ground, nests said to be often concealed by 

 logs, etc.; '-I never find them so'' (Prof. Ludvvig Kumleini; ' always covers eggs 

 with leaves before leaving the nest" (J. B. Purdy); I have always found the nests of 

 eggs entirely exposed; eggs six to fifteen, usually ten to twelve, creamy white to buff, 

 occasionally spotted with fine reddish dots; seen through the year: excellent game bird; 

 occasionally fly into houses in autumn through windows. This bird is known by the 

 drumming of the male with its wings, which may be heard for a long distance. This 

 bird eats berries, nuts, especially beech nuts, and insects. In tne autumn it eats many 

 grasshoppers and such caterpillars as the oak caterpillar. Edema albifrons. My son. 

 A. B. Cook, thinks that they never cover their eggs, except as they accidentally sweep 

 the leaves over the eggs, as they take wing. The drumming, for which thin bird is 

 noted, is probably caused by the wings striking the air. 



GESUS LAGOPUS Bmss. 



1 J5">-$O1-(*>O8). Lagopus lagopus (Linn.}. WILLOW PTARMIGAN. 



Reported from Upper Peninsula (See Gibbs' list of Michigan Birds): " habitat 

 Minnesota" (Birds of Minnesota, Hatch. 1892, p. 162); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland): 

 " south to northern New York" (Jordan); pure white in winter. 



GENUS TYMl'ANUCHUS GLOOEK. 



13O-3O5-(5O3). TvnipaniH'lMis aimrloanns (Reich.). *PRAIRIE HEN; PRAIRIK 



CHICKEN; PINNATED GROUSE. 



Quite common; formerly very rare here, but common in the southwestern part of the 

 State: "formerly abundant, but now extinct at Ann Arbor" (Dr. J. B. Steere); " extinct 

 in Monroe county for more than thirty years'" (Jerome Trombley); "very common in 

 Southwestern Michigan" (Prof. J.W.Simmons); more frequent in prairie region; seen 

 through the year; breeds; nests in June, on the ground; nest said to be often con- 

 cealed by leaves, etc.; eggs eight to fourteen, gray, often specked with brown: destroys 

 many insects; excellent game bird; Dr. Atkins found a nest in June, 1879; he reports 

 them very common at Locke in January, 1878; embraced in Sager's list of 1839; "should 

 be carefully protected, as it is a valuable friend to the farmer'' (Dr. A. K. Fisher). 



